why? because we don't want give up lots of pick to backup Jimmy G? Or trade for broken down Romo? i'm ok but with passing on these two. but not giving them passes on all their other QB mishaps lol
To be fair, exactly 1 year ago, a lot of people were all for doing whatever we needed to do to get Oz... Texans did it, he crapped the bed, we blame them for doing what we said and now want them to do it again...
Right! I didn't like him but I definitely felt if that's the guy they liked they should go get him. No way they make similar mistakes two years in a row, right?
A big reason for that "failure" is that Carr was drafted to play both QB and OL although no one bothered to inform him at the time. He'd have been just fine if he'd been able to throw and block for himself. Oh, and master the art of throwing over ladders which the Texans believed to be a key skill all QBs should possess.
He was also expected to be the QB coach too, the organization was just a terrible mess in those days. Carr might have busted no matter what, but being drafted by the Texans in those days was worse than being drafted by the Browns today.
The connection between Jimmy G this year and Brock last year is that it will cost the Texans a lot (more than market value) to get Jimmy G. A better analogy is if Washington traded up to the #1 pick to get another QB a couple of years after doing it for RG3. I'm still down for Jimmy G if it doesn't cost a 1st round pick. I'd give them a 3rd (maybe a 2nd) and Tyler Ervin.
Good point about the OL. Giving up that draft pick will reduce their chances of getting the best lineman available in teh draft.
Tell me how Washington is currently suffering with those traded picks any more so than Jacksonville is suffering from drafting a failed Gabbert and then a possible failed Bortles? I actually don't think an isolated pick any given year is all that consequential... given the inherent failure rate of any given pick, plus the possibility that the NFL teams often find first/second round value in later round picks anyways. If you feel you're getting the right QB to lead your team in the future... isn't that largely going to be equivalent to a successful draft pick? Plus, with the contract situation as it is... you get a cheap trial year (as opposed to an expensive trial 2 years with Brock)... with either situation being better than a failed 3-5 year experiment with a draft bust.
The right path for the Texans is to pick up the hottest backup QB every off-season till they miracle their way into someone good. Glad we have that settled.
For 1, Jacksonville has a lot of young players, especially on the defense. There is a lot of potential there. But you're right. A draft pick is only as good as who's doing the drafting. That said, the Texans have been pretty good with 1st round draft picks. With Bouye a free agent and Hopkins extension coming up, they'll need to depend on draft picks. And then there's the chance that Jimmy G doesn't play well here. You're back right where you started. p.s. The Texans thought they had the right QB to lead their team in the future...last year. How is that working out so far?
I remember 5 years ago when we passed on the supposedly broken down Peyton Manning. He went to the Broncos and I seem to remember the Manning Broncos going to a pair of Super Bowls, something no team in the history of Houston pro football has ever achieved. Romo may be broken down as you say, but you take the chance. You take the chance because this team really is a QB away from serious contention. You take the chance because hoping Osweiller will improve, Savage will emerge, or that you'll get your Dak Prescott in the 2nd or 3rd round of the draft is about as likely as me going all in on #41 in a spin of roulette. You take the chance and if Romo goes down with another injury you say "Oh well...at least they swung for the fences and didn't stand pat like they did five years ago and watch the Broncos steal their future."
